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Lalaloopsy Debuts On Treehouse Canada

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MGA Entertainment and Corus Entertainment join forces to launch a new animated series based on the award-winning, best selling Lalaloopsy line.

Nathan Love Brings Iconic Toucan Sam into 3D World

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Animation studio Nathan Love brings the iconic Toucan Sam into a 3D world in the latest spot for Kellogg’s Fruit Loops.

leftchannel Animates Plastic Purge PSA

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leftchannel animates “Plastic Plurge” PSA for the international environmental advocacy non-profit group Natural Resources Defense Council.

Digital Juice Launches Simplexity 4

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Digital Juice launches Simplexity Collection 4, a new line of downloadable projects and templates for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro/Apple Motion and Sony Vegas Pro.

Box Office Report: Iron Man 3 Tops Avengers Debut

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“Iron Man 3” opens to a massive $198.4 million overseas, bigger than “Avengers.”

Boston FIG Launches Kickstarter Campaign

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The Boston Festival of Indie Games launches a Kickstarter for the second annual event and offers Figgie Bundle, a special one-time-only Boston Festival of Indie Games indie game bundle, as part of the Kickstarter reward levels.

Coolabi Appoints New Head of Digital

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Coolabi appoints Naomi Dare to Head of Digital.

Aardman Animates The Lonely Dodo

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Aardman, with Stephen Fry and Alistair McGowan, creates “The Lonely Dodo,” a short film for the international conservation charity Durell.

Qube! Rewires Render Pipeline at Scandinavia’s Biggest Animation Studio

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PipelineFX’s Qube! helps to rewire Qvisten Animation’s render pipeline for increased efficiency while working on film and commercial projects.

LOOK Effects Hires Wendy Lanning

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LOOK Effects hires visual effects industry veteran Wendy Lanning as executive visual effects producer.

Thom Burkhart Joins Steele Studios

Rhythm & Hues alumni Thom Burkhart is named Senior Producer at Steele Studios.

WB’s Teen Titans Go! Sees First Place Debut

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The debut of Warner Bros. Animation’s new animated comedy-action series “Teen Titans Go!” packs a ratings punch, ranking as the number one kids program of the day on basic cable among boys 2-11, 6-11, 9-14 and male teens.

Aardman, StudioCanal Team on Shaun the Sheep Feature

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StudioCanal and Aardman Animations team up for a “Shaun the Sheep” stop-motion feature.

Zoic BC Creates VFX for Midnight’s Children

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Zoic Studios VFX Supervisor Ralph Maiers and VFX Producer Lauren Weidel lead a team of artists into the dizzying world of Delhi’s slums during the end of British Colonial rule for Indian-born, Toronto-based director Deepa Mehta’s motion picture “Midnight’s Children.”

Therapy and Gifted Youth Team Up for PepsiMAX

Gifted Youth and Therapy Studios team up with NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon to redefine the test-drive in an elaborate reality-style prank for an online video and :30 TV spot called "Test Drive” for Pepsi MAX.

Steve Buscemi Joins Khumba Cast

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Films, People, Voice Acting | Geographic Region: Africa | Site Categories: Business, Films, People, Voice Acting
Steve Buscemi joins the voice cast of Triggerfish’s 3D Animated feature “Khumba.”

Lipsync Announces Diverse Post Roster

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LipSync announces a diverse roster of post-production contracts which includes rock royalty, child abduction, bounty hunters and gangs.

ITV Appoints New Agents for Cut the Rope

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ITV and ZeptoLab appoint new agents for “Cut the Rope” in France, Central and Eastern Europe, the Nordic region and Israel.

Infographic: The Cost of Being Iron Man 3

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With the release of “Iron Man 3” just days away, MoneySuperMarket has created an infographic that points out how much it would cost to be Iron Man in the latest Marvel blockbuster.

Nike Free 5.0 Gets the Royale Treatment

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Motion design and production studio Royale is tapped to create a global, multifaceted campaign for Nike Free 5.0 encompassing video, print, out of home and in interactive retail spaces.